Pencil-holder.



PATENTED MAY 10, 1904.

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PENCIL HOLDER.

APPLIOA'I'ION FILED MAY 25, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 10, 1904.

PATENT OEEIcE.

HIRAM H. GARSON, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO JESSE S. LEE AND HANNAH GARSON, OF ROCHESTER, NElV YORK.

PENCIL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,691, dated May 10, 1904.

Application filed May 25, 1903. Serial No. 158.628. (No modeb) To all whom ill; may concern:

Be it known that I, HIRAM H. GARsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe, in the State of New York, have invented an Improved Pencil- Holder, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improved pencilholder designed more particularly for securing pens, pencils, &e., in the pocket, but eapable of use in other relations.

My improvements are fully described and illustrated in the following specification and the accompaying drawings, the novel features thereof being specified in the claims annexed to the said specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is an end View. Fig. 4 is a rear view.

A represents the body of my improved pencil-holder, and B B the spring-arms, which extend along the front side of the body at a suitable distance therefrom, adapted to receive and hold a pen or pencil between them and the body. The ends of the arms preferably overlap each other, as shown most clearly in Fig. 2, and they are covered by a rubber tube O, placed over them. The spring-arms are connected to the body at their outer ends, the body and arms being preferably made in one piece. The body at its ends is bent forward, as indicated at D D, and these parts are then bent backward on themselves, as shown at E E, and again forward, as at F F, the body being perforated or slotted to permit the passage of the spring-arms B B and the bent portions F F through it. The slot H in the body is shown in Fig. 4, the spring-arms and the bent portions being made narrow enough to pass through the slot. The bent portions of the spring-arms act as springs and serve to lnerease the dlstance to which the spring-arms may be sprung away from the body, thereby adapting the device to receiving and holding pens or pencils of the larger sizes.

My improved pencil-holder is attached to the garment by means of the ball-and-socket fasteners I I. In Fig. 2 the part shown in section represents the fabric of the garment to which the pencil-holder is secured. The ball-and-socket fasteners are of the usual construction and are secured to the garment by a common form of suspender-button, in which two parts, one on each side of the garment, are riveted together by a tubular rivet passing through both of them. Any desired form of fastening means may be used. The pencil-holder may be placed within the pocket, so as to be entirely concealed, or used in any other suitable location.

J and K represent pencils of different sizes.

I elairn 1. The combination with the slotted body, of the spring-arms extending lengthwise of the body, and connected thereto at its ends by bent portions passing through the slot, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination with the slotted body, of the overlapping spring arms extending lengthwise of the body and connected thereto at its ends by bent portions passing through the slot, as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination with the slotted body, of the spring-arms covered with rubber and extending lengthwise of the body and connected thereto at its ends by bent portions passing through the slot, as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The combination with the body of the overlapping rubber-covered spring-arms extending lengthwise of the body and connected thereto at its ends, as and for the purposes set forth.

HlRAM H. GARSON. WVitnesses:

GEO. B. SELDEN, O. T. Woonaurr. 

